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Are CRTs History?
DreamWheezer asks: "I work on a medical imaging program that uses CrystalEyes for high resolution true color stereoscopy. This program requires high resolution high frequency true color CRTs. Very recently, a vendor trend has developed: almost all are dropping out of the CRT market in favor of LCDs. Unfortunately, LCDs cannot render high resolution page sequential stereoscopy. The vendors have said that autostereo LCDs are on the way in 12 to 18 months, but what can I do in the meantime? Furthermore, does this mean the end is near for CRTs?" While there does still seem to be a market for CRTs, it seems to be dwindling to a narrow niche. Are LCDs ready to take over as the primary computer display or is the retirement of CRTs, premature?
After f*cking my back lifting a 21" bugger on to my desk. I really do hope they are.
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*The vendors have said that autostereo LCDs are on the way in 12 to 18 months, but what can I do in the meantime?*
Find another vendor that wants to trade your money for their CRT monitors.
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Amen to that.
I specifically got a CRT for development work. I can switch resolutions for testing, and still get high picture quality.
Flat panel displays have a "sweet-spot" resulution. Anything outside that looks terrible.
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I am a programmer. I am paid to produce syntax not grammar. Deal with it.
Environmentally speaking CRTs are much worse than LCDs from points of view of production/disposition/power consumption
You can't handle the truth.
Honestly I hate LCDs. Their color reproduction on all but the most expensive monitors sucks.
Basically any MVA, IPS or Super IPS panel will render colors at least as well as any high-end CRT, and better than most mid-range CRT's (i.e. the ones most people use in their homes and offices). These panels are used in screens such as the Dell 2005FPW, which is a 20" widescreen LCD monitor that can be had for under $400 (with coupons applied).
I just get tired of hearing these same criticisms of LCD's that we've heard for the last 10 years - "their colors suck", "they're not fast enough", "their black level is bad", "they're expensive". I mean, do you go around criticizing DVD-ROM drives because they cost more than CD-ROM drives and only read at 1X? This is 2005, man. We're past all that and have been for years.
(Note that CRT's are still perfectly fine for many things, and in fact I just bought one as an HDTV. But as generalized computer monitors - and in that I'm including common applications such as design or photographic work - LCD's work as well or better than CRT's and good ones don't cost much more, if any.)
Yes, the medical market is probably big enough to ensure that one or two players keep making CRTs. They will become specialty items, however.
Translation: They will become bloody expensive.
Although I agree with everything that you said regarding LCD's, I must point out the one negative that you missed. When comparing a good flat panel (you indicated a Dell 2005FPW) to a high-end CRT, what you fail to mention is upper end of resolution display and the ability for the CRT to look good through out the entire range of resolution that it can display. The LCD falls painfully short here.
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You missed thing I hate most about LCDs and color: The color is different depending on the angle you're viewing it at. This drives me bonkers. When I'm looking at a computer screen, I want to be able to see the same things in the same colors no matter where my head is in relation to the screen.
Dude, when giving such advice ("insert a long screwdriver directly into the potentiometer through vent hole") you should really fucking stress "CAREFULLY" a bit more. "Lethal demons" sounds cute but is IMHO a very poor methaphor for 35.000 volts.
Touching a wrong part inside a CRT is not like touching a wrong part while screwing in a lightbulb.
You will likely survive a lightbulb-accident.
You will not survive a CRT-"accident".
Read this before messing around with high voltage equipment.
I'm including common applications such as design or photographic work - LCD's work as well or better than CRT's and good ones don't cost much more, if any.
I just bought a new CRT (Samsung 997DF) for $179 that runs razor sharp at 1920x1440. The cheapest LCD I'm familiar with that gets close costs $1499 from Apple (for the 23 inch model). I consider 8X to be much more. Froogle lists your Dell LCD starting at $500 for 1680x1050; nearly three times the price for two thirds the pixels.
What was that you were saying?
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